Fact of the Day: Shrike

The Shrike is a greyish medium sized bird that has been dubbed "The Butcher". Its prey usually consists of small birds, mammals, insects and frogs. What is truly unique about this bird is that it catches its prey and impales it on tree limbs or thorny leaves. Since they are able to catch prey that is larger than their mouth, they use the thorn as a skewer so they can rip apart their food. I think this bird is onto something. Maybe if the other birds take notice it won't be long until we start to see birds eating with chopsticks!